title: Surgical reconstruction for calcaneonavicular coalition. Evaluation of function and gait.
abstract: The function of nineteen patients was evaluated at three to fourteen years after reconstructive surgery for calcaneonavicular coalition. Measurements of subtalar motion, single-limb functional tests, and gait analyses were carried out to determine how function in these patients differed from normal. Better function correlated well with better postoperative subtalar motion. Patients with a unilateral coalition who had good subtalar motion after resection showed symmetrical gait patterns during tests of function of the subtalar joint under conditions of stress.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology; D005684:Gait; D006365:Heel / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000601:surgery*; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D013977:Tibia / Q000502:physiology